Smithsonian Institution, Board of Regents, Minutes, 1847

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Summary

  • Present: George M. Dallas, William W. Seaton, George Evans, William J. Hough, Robert Dale Owen, Henry W. Hilliard, Alexander Dallas Bache,Richard Rush. Also Present: Joseph Henry. The members not present were Roger B. Taney, Lewis Cass, Sidney Breese, Joseph G. Totten, Rufus Choate, Gideon Hawley, and William C. Preston.
  • The secretary presented a letter from C.C. Jewett accepting the appointment as Assistant Secretary and Librarian. The chancellor presented a "resolution of the Legislature" of Ohio recommending James Russell to construct a planetarium for use by the Institution. Mr. Hough presented a letter from Ward B. Howard offering to furnish granite for the building. Mr. Seaton presented a letter from Henry Stockton offering to lithograph the plans and drawings for the building, a letter from Hon. J. Phillips Phoenix recommending P. Naylor to roof the building, and a letter from R.R. Gurley recommending the purchase of "Catlin's gallery of Indian paintings." The board then resolved that following the introduction of a bill to the U.S. Senate regarding the site of the institution's building, that if any changes were made to the site, all contracts authorized would still apply in the same manner and force, and that a copy of this resolution was to be forwarded to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States by the Institution's secretary. The board then adjourned to meet the following Saturday at 10:00 AM.

Subject

  • Seaton, William Winston 1785-1866
  • Gurley, Ralph Randolph 1797-1872
  • Howard, Ward B. 1789-1855
  • Naylor, P
  • Russell, James
  • Stockton, Henry
  • Phoenix, Jonas Phillips 1788-1859
  • Bache, A. D (Alexander Dallas) 1806-1867
  • Catlin, George 1796-1872
  • Dallas, George Mifflin 1792-1864
  • Hough, William Jervis 1795-1869
  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • Hilliard, Henry W (Henry Washington) 1808-1892
  • Jewett, Charles C (Charles Coffin) 1816-1868
  • Owen, Robert Dale 1801-1877
  • Rush, Richard 1780-1859
  • Evans, George 1797-1867
  • Cass, Lewis
  • Totten, Joseph Gilbert 1788-1864
  • Hawley, Gideon 1785-1870
  • Breese, Sidney 1800-1878
  • Taney, Roger Brooke 1777-1864
  • Preston, William C. 1794-1860
  • Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859
  • Board of Regents
  • Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL)
  • Catlin Indian Gallery
  • Board of Regents Committee on Buildings
  • Ohio General Assembly
  • Smithsonian Institution Building Early History
  • United States. Secretary of the Treasury
  • United States Congress Senate
  • Board of Regents Special Committee

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • 1847/02/17 Regents Minutes
  • Board of Regents - Minutes of Meetings, 1846-

Notes

C.C. Jewett accepts the position of Assistant Secretary and Librarian.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 1, Board of Regents Vol. 1 (Bound volume)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

  • 1879
  • February 17, 1847

Topic

  • Lithographers
  • Building, Stone
  • Planetariums
  • Regents
  • Granite

Form/Genre

Board of Regents

Physical description

Number of pages: 2; Page numbers: 34-35

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